52% of registered voters back Baldwin over Hovde in the latest Marquette University poll

MADISON — In the first Marquette University Law School poll since Republican businessman Eric Hovde entered the race, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin leads among registered voters while the race is tied among likely voters. Hovde, a banking and real estate mogul, launched his bid to deny Baldwin a third term in February. He previously ran for Senate in 2012 but finished a close second to former Wisconsin Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson in the primary. Thompson went on to lose to Baldwin by nearly 6 points. Hovde also weighed a race...